Rocky's effort is plausible. But the use of video in too-brightly lit scenes flattens the experience. When the story gets darker, things just get better. The storytelling becomes gripping once the trouble really starts. The scenes of the trial are superb, very flat-old style, but i still think that B&W should be shot on film. The depth of most scenes is so deep, that you instantly come to think of tv, something I just didn't expect in a film. Alas, there's a huge difference in budget if you shoot on video with a full HD equipment, as this is the case.
The story is definitely a very difficult subject to portray without morally judging each and every character. But the way Rocky and the writer did it for the screenplay is rather superb. This is something to really talk about with kids around that age.
Maybe the topic of age of consent is one of the most complex things in our society to talk about. And I think it's quite absurd to legislate on it. Consent depends on the individual's maturity, background and beliefs. But I'm most sure that consent depends really on just one thing: freedom. The decision capability of an individual to act in a way he or she considers helpful, good or whatever positive adjective you can put on that behaviour. Usually, the real consent in whatever conduct the society claims as criminal, is, alas, love! Two thumbs up for this work. Technically film was a better option for dramatic expression.
